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If you’re a decent artist and looking to get active, you should check out the National Organization of Women’s 2005 Love Your Body Campaign. It’s a poster design contest with the intent of responding to society’s negative body images that effect women’s and girl’s esteem and health. They are looking for the following in their art-eest:“Winning images will provide a visual response to advertisers who attempt to link smoking, drinking, and dieting to women’s liberation; fashion magazines who imply that anorexia is the path to beauty; and marketers who tell us that more expensive cosmetics will improve a woman’s sense of self worth.”
The grand prize winner recieves $600, and a her/his poster with be part of a national campaign that challenges the industries that prey on women’s insecurities with their bodies. Sounds dandy to me! (Now, if only I could draw…)

In March, North Carolina’s House of Representatives passed HB 29, an education bill that includes a litany of requirements for how schools teach sexual health. It is riddled with contradictions, conservative ideologies, and scientific inaccuracies. Sadly, it will do little to improve—and, indeed might harm—the physical and mental health of young people across the state.

The bill requires that beginning in the seventh grade, all schools provide a reproductive health and safety course with a curriculum that is “objective and based upon scientific research that is peer reviewed and accepted by professionals and credentialed experts in the field of sexual health education.” Oddly enough, the requirements of the ...

Ed. note: This post was originally published on the Community site.

In March, North Carolina’s House of Representatives passed HB 29, an education bill that includes a litany of requirements for how schools teach sexual health. ...

As The New York Times covered in a two-piece series last week, the current state of nail salons in the United States is full of labor abuse, reproductive injustices, and toxic work environments. The Times highlighted the voices of nail salon workers in New York City, and also pointed to the great work of the California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative.For this week’s Feministing Five, we spoke with Catherine Porter, policy director of the Collaborative, to learn more about what nail salon organizers are doing across the state and the country.

The Collaborative, established in 2005 and based in Oakland, California, seeks to “improve the health, safety, and rights of the nail and ...

As The New York Times covered in a two-piece series last week, the current state of nail salons in the United States is full of labor abuse, reproductive injustices, and toxic ...

For this week’s Feministing Five we spoke with Christopher Purdy, president of carafem, an abortion clinic that recently opened in the Washington DC area. With his team, he’s envisioning a new way to provide abortions in the United States, one that is bold, unapologetic, supportive, and affordable.

Carafem is incredibly intentional about elevating the standard of care for those seeking the abortion pill. By keeping their clients’ well being and comfort at the center of all that they do, carafem has focused their mission on making patients feel comfortable at every point — from their advertising to online scheduling through the follow-up appointment.

And now without further ado, the Feministing Five with Christopher Purdy!

Suzanna Bobadilla: Thank you so much for speaking with ...

For this week’s Feministing Five we spoke with Christopher Purdy, president of carafem, an abortion clinic that recently opened in the Washington DC area. With his team, he’s envisioning a new way to provide abortions ...